Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castleshane Demesne, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleshane Demesne
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shanes fort
- Coordinates
- 54.23423, -6.87346
- SMR number
- MO010-013----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope on the demesne of Castleshane House, which was c. 260m to the SW but is no longer extant. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Shane’s fort’. This is a circular area (int. diam. 27.6m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) planted with deciduous trees defined by an earthen bank and a U-shaped fosse, with traces of an outer bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.85m) at NNW. There is an entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.45m) at NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 26 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.